You Never Heard Me
Serenyou'll never leave meif i never met youlies you never told methe day you hear my voice
My parents are music professors, and their university is always hosting these music salons and exchange events.
But they never took me.
After I graduated from college, I was desperate to see what it was like, so I begged my mother for a visitor's pass.
She was busy helping my sister Ella fill out an application for one of those concerts, and she cut me off cold:
"Everyone attending is a top-tier musician. You can't even read sheet music—walking in there, you'd just stick out like a sore thumb."
A few days later, I stood in the freezing wind, listening to the applause rolling out from the auditorium.
My sister stood at center stage, performing alongside a bunch of renowned musicians.
That nig